After hearing this, Sarada couldn't help throwing her head back and laughing. Her exuberant laughter echoed through the Main Hall.
"All right, all right! I'll listen to you, okay?"
Once she finished laughing, she composed herself and waved a hand. "But blindly following orders and going through the motions isn't my style. I'm not giving up the black market, either."
She said evenly, "Burn this Konoha Mission Scroll. From now on, we won't do any of the dirty work Naruto sends us out to handle."
Flames rose, and the scroll burned into a pile of black ashes in the Main Hall.
With that done, Sarada's gaze turned serious.
"Next, I'll go kill a different noble first. Either way, I'm not listening to Naruto."
"Then, once that's done, send invitations far and wide to the Five Great Nations and the leaders of every neighboring small nation, inviting them to gather in the Land of Rain. We'll discuss international trade cooperation and a resource-sharing agreement."
Kisame's eyes lit up. "You want to expand the Land of Rain's Commercial Alliance?"
"Exactly." Sarada nodded, calculation filling her eyes.
"We'll deepen our cooperation with the major nations and tie the Land of Rain's economic lifeline to their interests."
"Even if the Land of Rain can't tie itself to the interests of other nations' leaders the way Konoha does, even a small stake will make them hesitate to touch the Land of Rain if chaos breaks out later."
Soon, the Land of Rain's invitations to cooperate spread throughout the shinobi world.
Less than two days after the Land of Rain sent out its invitations for multinational trade cooperation, the Four Great Shinobi Villages all sent official replies.
All expressed their willingness to send representatives to the Land of Rain on schedule to discuss cooperation.
Seeing this,